20 qty Silk Carrier Rods, Mulberry Silk Natural Carrier Rods, Silk Tubes, Natural Color, Undyed Please choose your quantity Rods are approximately 5 - 6 inches. Color off white. Eco-friendly fiber, Carrier Rods are a waste product in the silk spinning industry. Perfect for surface texture during felting and ca be dyed, separated into layers. You can spin them, weave, cut, make paper, produce textile arts and crafts, embroider them into fiber art and they can also be felted. If you spray them with water and iron them flat then you can create a sort of silk paper. . They are wonderfully textural for stitching, silk papermaking and any embellishments. They can be pressed flat or pulled apart to reveal the interesting criss-cross of the fibers. Also used for felting, weaving, embroidery or mixed media. They contain serecin - if sprayed with water, criss crossed over each other and ironed they stick together to form interesting "silk papers". Natural Silk Cocoons can be used for jewelry making, mixed media projects, embellishments, DIY, and felting, unraveled to make silk paper